The Swimming Song

The Swimming Song -Britta Phillips,Dean Wareham
This summer i went swimming
This summer i might have drowned
But i held my breath and i kicked my feet
And i moved my arms around
I moved my arms around
This summer i swam in the ocean
And i swam in a swimming pool
Salt my wounds chlorine my eyes
I'm a selfdestructive fool a selfdestructive fool
This summer i did the backstroke
And you know that's not all
I did the breast stroke and the butterfly
And the old australian crawl the old australian crawl
This summer i swam in a public place
And a reservoir to boot
At the latter i was informal
At the former i wore my suit i wore my swimming suit
This summer i did swan dives
And jackknifes for you all
And once when you weren't looking
I did a cannonball i did a cannonball
This summer i went swimming
This summer i might have drowned
But i held my breath and i kicked my feet
And i moved my arms around
I moved my arms around